Independence Mine

The Independence Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Independence Mine
Secondary: Carter Gulch

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
Year Last Production: 1914
Discovery Year: 1907
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1907-08

Comment (Location): USGS MF-367, LOC. 1 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BEFORE 1908; MINED FOR A YEAR OR TWO ABOUT 1912; ABANDONED BEFORE 1920

Comment (Deposit): QUART VEIN AVERAGING 2 FT IN THICKNESS ALONG HANGING WALL OF RHYOLITE DIKE; GOLD OCCURS IN FE-STAINED VUGS AND CREVICES, AND IN MAGNETITE GRAINS; A LITTLE GOLD DISSEMINATED IN WALL ROCK

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 60 FT TUNNEL, 60 FT WINZE, AND 80 FT OF DRIFTS ON 2 LEVELS.

Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEIN AND WALL ROCK ARE SEAMED WITH VEINS OF IRON CARBONATE

References

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-367-01

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 1246, P. 228

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 578, P. 28-29, 40

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 410, P. 64

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 345, P. 48

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